The upcoming Broadway musical Real Women Have Curves will host a special event to celebrate its box-office opening February 25.
Running 10 AM–noon at the James Earl Jones Theatre, a limited number of tickets priced at $19.87 (corresponding to the year Real Women Have Curves takes place) will be sold for preview performances between April 1-26 (excluding Saturday evenings). The tickets will be available on a first come, first-served basis while supplies last. There is a limit of two tickets per customer.
Additionally, fans who purchase tickets at the box office February 25 will be eligible to receive a Real Women Have Curves poster signed by Grammy-winning composer Joy Huerta, and a gift card from Not Your Daughter’s Jeans, available while supplies last. Attendees will also be treated to live musical entertainment and complimentary breakfast burritos from Los Tacos No 1.
Real Women Have Curves will officially open April 27. Starring newcomer Tatianna Córdoba as ambitious high school senior Ana Garcia, the project is being helmed by Sergio Trujillo, who's directing and choreographing. The musical is adapted from Josefina López's 1993 play, which also had a 2002 film version. With a score by Huerta and Benjamin Velez and a book by Lisa Loomer with Nell Benjamin, the work follows a first-generation child of Mexican immigrants torn between joining the family garment business or embarking on her own dream of attending college in NYC.
WATCH: Joy Huerta and Benjamin Velez Talk Composing Real Women Have Curves: The Musical
Justina Machado (One Day at a Time) will play Carmen Garcia, Ana’s hardworking mother who imagines a traditional life for her daughter. Córdoba and Machado will be supported by Florencia Cuenca as Estela, Shelby Acosta (1776) as Prima Flaca, Carla Jimenez as Pancha, Aline Mayagoitia (SIX) as Itzel, Mason Reeves (Frozen) as Henry, Jennifer Sánchez (Elf) as Rosalí, Sandra Valls as Prima Fulvia, and Mauricio Mendoza as Raúl Garcia. Cuenca, Jimenez, Mayagoitia, Reeves, and Valls are all making their Broadway debuts in the production, and all but Mayagoitia are reprising their performances from the musical's 2024 world premiere.
The company will also include Ariana Burks, Quincy Hampton, Zeus Mendoza, Claudia Mulet, Christopher M. Ramirez, Monica Tulia Ramirez, Shadia Fairuz, Elisa Galindez, and Omar Madden.
The production will also have music supervision by Nadia DiGiallonardo, music direction by Roberto Sinha, scenic design by Arnulfo Maldonado, costume design by Wilberth Gonzalez and Paloma Young, lighting design by Natasha Katz, sound design by John Shivers, video design by Hana S. Kim, hair, wig, and make-up design by Krystal Balleza, and orchestrations by DiGiallonardo, Huerta, Rich Mercurio, and Velez. Casting is by X Casting's Victor Vazquez and ARC's Duncan Stewart.
Tripp Phillips will serve as production stage manager, with B.J. Holt as general manager and Alecia Parker as executive producer.
Led by Fran and Barry Weissler and Jack Noseworthy, the producing team also includes Peggy Koenig, Stan Ponte, John Gore Organization, Ira Pittelman, Stacie and Steven Weisbrot, Michael Valdes, Michael P. Kruke, The Nederlander Organization, Erin and Ramesh Narasimhan, Emerald Drive, HGH Productions, the Independent Presenters Network, Jared King, Ira Kleinman, Peter May, Philip and James DeCarlo-Schnepper, Lilli and Jonathan Roth, Jayne Baron Sherman, Alicia Menendez, and the Shubert Organization.
